The Sun. — London, England, 1808-04-30 00:00:00

• Aid-le•carnp to his Excellency the Govcrnor-Gene . tal of Portugal, and Gene - ral-in-ChiefJuNoT, passed this city this day, on his way to Burgos, cblz , ..ied with dispatches for his Majesty the Emperor .and King.' His Msijesty is expo led at Madrid with the most i:nOtient anxiety. It :is' not known whether,. in his journey hither, he will take, the road . of Vella dulid or that of Aranda, 12.—Thealttadrid Gazette of the '3 tst of March contains the following passage.:— "..As the nature of. the proceedings which took • pt4A7c in the Escurial is only known, by an account , was published' the 7t.1) Oaoher last year,. the King our Sovereign being desirous that all his 4ubieos shnuld know how his nowt Person, as well ao: several, person:, employed by Government, aaed on OCC:110:1, hits ordered a brief ap.count to be pub ' lished of ibis busineSs, which; is. much better under stf.6,l after the 'discoveries Which have. been made ainong the papers of the FRINGE of PEACE, which crbutaini amongst others„the following particulars : Q . B tit of Oetober 'last year, the late King sent imveral papers to the Marquis DE CABALLEI:O, Se ct-etary of the general Department of Justice, which h\ti said, had been found among the papers of tir. Pt ince of ASillfi,lAS, our present King b and Th e p a p e i s consisted, first, of a few shedts together, written in. his Majesty's own ,band . N 1 ti'ing ;' secondly, of a similar paper, also wyitten by„:his Majesty ; thirdly, of, a letter dated Talavera, tne 21.3 th of May, written in a_ disguised hand, and OthotA a signature ; in 'the fourth place, of a paper ‘::or,tailling different figures, designed to tOrm as sys tem of cyphers, with olio written, leaf without a sig. The first paper is a Memoir, the objeal of v. nic4 is, with the - most profound reaped, to repre.' :sun =to the late King the unjust. proceedings of Don • .7'4 ANUEL GOvoy,• Pt inee of Peace. This Memoir , . contained a variety of particulars Concerning the pro ceedings, fortune,. injustice, and despotism of that pe - rson.' ,The Prince - of ASTURIAS threw himself' at Ihe feet of his Royal Father, requesting him, that' in hi; presence an inquiry might he instituted, by those ff. I►iss Majesty's subjeas whoui he thought Most of his confidence, of Whom' ehaneemight reient to him, into the truth of the 'lath stated m the ''Memoir; and if convinced thereof,'to. digniiiiS tit, 3'rt Nos of PEACE fl'OHl•his Royal presenee; and. banish him :with hii whole family : such a step,. were it considered as a . Meaatire of Precaution, 'wc.ittld 'diffuse joy throughout the whole kingdotit.' TO . Memoir contained several other observations, :ending to promote the welfare and prosperity . or thi:itatlt3n;'• They are here passed, over in. silence, hecanse.What stie haVe mentioned of the contents of the Memoir is quite sufficient to form an opittion of is tethlerrey and nature; but it must not :hem - pit ted that the 14 . ince of ASTURIAS MOO:Hied it: by in;.' trotting his father, in case he shnuld.not approve . of 6k...obit& of Isis memorial, to have the gotidness to keep it secret, in order to avert the dangers to which. he (his *son) - would 'otherwise be' exposed. the letter dated 'Talavera is written by Don JOHN ES s4)tuutt.,,,,Cation and Prebendary•of the Church of. Toletio, late In l / 2 truttor of his Majvsty. It is an an ewer to several.questions proposed to him. 'rh o s ym ein of cyphers is a means frequently made use of for corresponding in secret tuattersof great importance. The single leaf, without signa ture, is written by one of the Prince's servants, Nv - bool he had dismissed: from his service, and has nuiinu to do with the present business. " The following day (the tgth of . 06teher) at. midnight,' the Secretary General of the Cabinet and the Provisional President of the .Cauncil met by or der of the late King in his apartments, who gave it as their opinion, that hiS present Majesty shonld k examined concerning the contents pf those p a . pers, His present Majesty was 'accorditigry' called ' into the apartments of his Royal Father, where: he, wa; arrested, and precluded from all intercourse with at,y person, except.sorne new attendank ap pointo,! uo the occasion. During the satue.night all pr:ient Majesty's servants were, arrested: . " On the opal of Weber the late. King sent an orier to the Marquis Da 04a At.ctito, signed the slate day, - and published all over the kingdrim, hereby:. our King, and Sovereign Was declared a, tr , :lor, together ,with his servants: - According to rite &position, open oath,,,insde by his 'present Ma jesty, and tour Secretaries. of the departMenti of .fr.. , .ice and War, that erdt:r . was entirely•Writien in trand-y. riting . of DON MANUEL Goner, Prince of Peace, vital it that time was in 11bdrisl. "'Dieoriginal ord r could not be annexed' to these pritceedinga, bzco.use, such cases, - the original is retrirned to the King, and the copy diSpatched "ilnd , • • "‘.‘ The same day, the 10:th.of Oetober, finding liirnsell confined, arid precluded from all c o m mu i t i. cation,. he dceniecl it right to make public what he hat! done for the benefit_ of this Country; and, in ester . tc altiric i ite himself from the stare of oppres-,,, s i on t o w hi c h he,v,ias re4ticccl, ,he deel,:ired the some, d I le 30th ()roger, to ail; PP. CABAL.. "..!,„, t h at v ,,i t h view of promoting•the plo3perity Einpite. hr.).wishedto marry a Vretich 1310ijd, 'md tili;f the' steps .he.bild al reidy I.i'Len for th.it purpose were perfeellThis withoht complsion; and that whatever he,had 11,14 no other objcet 641 to. ; opeo the eyes of . Parents,.. With regard confi dence which they placted iti bobf Nl4Nvxm GO/WY; that fearful lest . he should cont;4aue to make an im ‘op.lr use of his,infltmice RIO power, his Majesty imig ! .:ci t neQessary„ for the welfare of the king dOin, to give the Dtf e of It9 , AsTADo a Power of Attorney iii Lis own (the Icing's) hand-writiirg, to aisame the conirriand'of the troops in,Niew in case of the decease of his,lloyal Father. that time the Prince of PEACIs 'aerivect at the Pal.lee Ut exeurial, and having et t; the qpartnients of his present i\lajesty, he presented to liin) the copy i)( a leiter 'oy . prefient h , raiesty was ,tnatie t pardon. 'of!` 11'14 'loyal I.llier. l tiR IViajesty desirelp not to team this - net.v, plo - hse of 1 1 - ;$ vetiefation•for hiS Itoyal Parents, - sig. , .ned.the let i+Jr ,which annek..Ked to ;be Depree of the sth of E'.:;.3velobt)r. z «His MajestAk iierkyOly that ilc!iifter the Dula!'of INF4NTA j ulit4 the author of he ; ,;: 'r a h iyer , , (31 Lin:/ dtlcrare ;• of .'.;•: „ intrii(Yie has 9r-dared the ,t p ro w ec l t i t i z , s . . w h tt Hi l • PARIS; APRIL 1t5.---Aceorcling to ttie last alvices from Madrid, the trial of the Prince of the Peace had not yet.coruMenced, but .he remained a clOse prison er in a village near the capital. His Brother, u ith the printipal, dependants of the late Grand Admiral,. is secured in a fortress. The Dire6tor General of the Caissc d'Amortiza tion, who is loudly accused of having been accessary to the dissipation .of the public money, by. which Don Ms'Nutt. drew down upon him the hatred of the public, has also been taken into custody. The public animosity against the .Prince of the Peace is very great. He is accused of a secret un derstanding with the English. In a pamphlet which has been published against him, it is asserted that he intended to pike Ceuta in the hands of the Eng lish, and that, under the protetlion of England, he was to fly his country with his immense treasures, which are supposed to exceed 500,000,000 of livres. The Infant of Spain, DON CARLOS, set out on the 4th inst. for Yran, ,to meet the Emperor and King NAPOLEON.. He was accompanied by the Duke DEL INFANTADO. ' Te Deum, was performed in several of the prin- cipal towns in Spain, on account of the fall of Dux MANUZL. The Grand Duke of )3erg still remains at Madrid, where his amiable deportment has conciliated the affection of an ranks. • According to letters from Bayonne of the loth inst. his Imperial and Royal Majesty was expc.iaed there on the 12th. The . latest advises from Madrid are of the 6th inst; and are to the following 'effeCt : " tJal, Saturrhy there was a grand levee at Court; in honour of the birth-day of Don FaAsicts DE PAULA' ANTON ARI A, the King's second brother. • " The Grand Duke of Berg, in the general 'or ders issued on the Ist inst. acquaints the army that his Majesty the Emperor and King would, in a very short space of time, place himself personally at their head, and gives it in charge to General LAtumcrstußt: to keep them in readiness to perform the necessary salutes upon the occasion. His Highness further expresses. his satisfadion at the good understanding which exists between the French and Spanish troops, and says that he had that day, at the entreaty of the citizens ,of -Madrid, pardoned a French soldier,' but that this shOuld be the last instance of the kind; and connuands_ the French soldiers to double their respet to the inhabitants. The first objea to which. FERDINAND VII. di reOed his- attention on his accession to the throne, 'MIS 1 . 0 pay ap the arrears due to officers and widOWS on the pension list ; and these he discharged out of. the ready money fiand in the - possession 'of the Prince of Peace, Which is estimated at 25 t ,600,0-00 francs. His fortiatie, exclusive of this sum, is cal culated at more than 500,000,060, of francs. The Prince, remained at it about 'three miles from the -capital, stri&ly, Owl : led by 400 of the Life Guards, and 500 infantry." • . APRIL 17.—Letters from Genoa of - the Bth inst. announce ; • that agreeably •to various ati v ie es f rom Italy the combined Squadrons of Toulon and Roche : ! fort, under the con4ancl of Admiral EAU Id a, were arrived in the Guiph of Naples, and that'the Fleet was in the best condition, and had already at tained a great objea . , that of furnishing the Island of Corfu with goods and ammunition, of which it ,stood,in great need. The appearance of so fennidable a Fleet in that See, which is now utterly abandoned by ,the English,. leads us to believe that Sicily will now be seriously threatened. All preparations. for Landing, have, it is said, been made already., It new appears certain,' as it is written from . IYia, drid, that the Prince of Peace designed to take flight with the Royal Family, under English protedion, hut that this prejeet was destroyed by th e Jnfinta s o f Spain, wore especially by the opposition of the aneen, of ' Etruria. It is said they declared they would rather die than consent to flee. „In this pro jeCt, probably arranged with England, the Ptince of Peace - appears to. hate in a great measure calcu lated upon the assistance of the King's Guard; yet it would have probably failed, as all the military were . *verse to this Minister. It is further announced froth Madrid, that Xing CliA am as and the Queen are returned from Aranjuei, every thing remind? them of their late surfer and have repa;red to the Escurial. The Prince of A,turias waa., on the 7th, to leave Madrid, wit 4 his preceptor, and the Duke DEL INVANTADO, in order to meet the French Emperor. • , Extr.id from the. Report made to the Commissary . of Go. Teriiirleilt at Bourdeaut, by the Agent of his majesty's Frigate Thernis, bl. Meybard, Commander; dated Road of Toulon, March, 184. " His Majesty's Frigates Therms and Penelope' having set sail from Bourdeaux the 21st of .Jannary, 1808, experienced, soon after, a violent storm from. N. W. Which they weathered without, having sus tained any considerable damage. On the , 246, the Frigates captured in, lat. 45. G. North, and long. 13. the American Ship' Bristol Packet, of aoo tons burthen, richly laden, bound from .London to New York : the Captain thought himself perfealy safe, and . pretended not to have any knowledge of his Maieety'sbeeree of the 17th of December, 1 . 807 ;, but entertained no doubt of. some French Frigates being at sea. - Otiihe 27th of January, the Frigates captured, in int. 37. 33. North, and. long. 13. 17. the English Brig Orient, 180 tons burthen, bound from the Western Islands to London, with a cargo 614:rnit: On the 30th they made Old Salee, on the coast of Barbary. Thu 2d of February they detained au American Galliot, hound from Marseilles to Bos ton ; haVing found lier papers in order, she .was al leWed to proceed on her voyage, and supplied with such provisions as she was in want of: From the ad to the, 9th, of FebrUary the. Frigates cruized off the coast 'of:Barbary. The 10th, in the evening, efavourable breeze sprung up, and they shaped their course for the Straights of Gibraltar. At nine o'clock, they sailed along the Bay of Tangier, and Laving discovered that some English Ships were lying there at, anchor, they .were afraid of being dis covered by them. and,, taken, as the wind had be come calm. The it tit of February they to o k a Pot •Ves4el, the.-,,San Anionto, of . I .io tons it - then, :bound to Gibraltar 'with a cargo of frdit. The isth they took the British . Prit4ateer Active, mountipg 18 6.-polindors, which had sailed from FaimoUth, and threw aeVeral guns over-band durb:*, the chew. .The. 2gtli of February hiS4Wajesty'. Frigates - took English Ships, of from a:to 400 tons iyqt heo, all richly laden with divers goods and pro;ii, slow; ; they formed part 0f.70 sail which took,their de rarturd from Lyndon under convoy, 01 a Frignej hound to- ttarbacloes ; the largest of these Ships wcro manned with Frenchmen; and sent to Mar tinique. The Frigates continued' their , l eiaize, and the wind havinitbecotne favourithle, they cleared the Straights of Gibraltar the 17th:of March, at nine • o'clock at night. The 19th • the' Frigatestaptured twp. English Ships of from 3 to 400 tons burtheri, richly laden, one of which was bound from Gi braltatto Malta, and-The.ather from-Malta-4o Lon— clop, These two priies were burnt, after some bales of goods.had.been taken 'out, and distributed amongst the crews; The 23d of March, the Frigates drop ped anchor at Ajaceio, in the Island . of Corsica. , The 24th (they set sail 'again, and on the 25th they took, in sight of the Island, the British Privateer Sliren, of twelve 10-pounders, and 60 Men. This Privateer was the terror of the coasting trade of the Island. The Frigates took , her to Ajac do, and delivered 'her to the Governor-General 'of the Island. The 26th the Frigates departed from .Ajaccio, and arrived on the 28t1iat Toulon, without having had any r sick on board, and beingin n fit con dition to put to sea immediately again. The value of the prizes made by them is estimated at _six mil., • lions of francs." MAILS. RRIVID*--I Dublin. Dus-1 Dublin, 2 Waterfbnil. PRICE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ?MIA/ R O t Cf.OOK. Consols . . -660 Ralurecl Ann. - 651 LONDQN, SATIIRDAY, Ai'lLIL 30, 1808. THE Captain of the Diana; just arrived at Plymouth states, that he fell in, on passage, With a Vessel from Rochefort, from which be . learnt that a report was current at Rochefort that an aetion had taken place near. the Streights„hetWeen the British and French Fleets, in whiCh-the latter had one Fine-of-battle Ship blown' up, two sunk, and eight taken. We mention this merely at a report, without having any means of ascertaining the . degree of credit to which it is entitled. LETTERS from Bilboa state • that accounts had been received there that the Franchise French Frigate, •and a Transport, with. Troops on which sailed some time . ago from Carolina, for Buenos.Ayres, had been taken off the Rio de Grande; by one of our Cruizers. No intelligence however upon this subje& has reached the Admiralty. LAST night we received a number of German and .Dutch Papers, the latter to the 23d instant. The most interesting.articles they contain are the details of the late Revolution in Spain, which we have ex tracted. , We were ,at first ,inclined to hope, .froth the charaaers bf some of the persona who ire sup . posed to have been the advisers of the Prince of ASTURIAS) that the Revolution had been effeaed by the real Patriots of Spain, - for the".'purpose at the same time of getting rid of an upstart, Profligate,and corrupt Minister, and of securing their country from the danger which threatened it, of falling completely' under the yoke of a Foreign Power. The accounts,' , however, which have ,since reached us have come. pletely destroyed these hopes. There aor...ars,eVery reason to believe that the Revolution was the result .of French intrigue, and the objea of 'COQ convert Spain completely and absolutely into • a Pcovince of France. , 'These Tapers throw considerable light 'upon the ektraordinary event* which occurred Litt Autumn it Madrid, when;ipar Readers will recol 7 lee, the Prince of ASTURIAS was arrested 00 . 'charge of treason, and compelled to sue for par don: It' now appears, from a Paper published by _the rimy King of Spain himself, that he was then carrying on a secret Negotiation with BVONAPARTE. 'This 'Negotiation was discovered .by the Prince of NAGE, and the Prince , of ASTURIAS was arrested. From thai tiMe large bodies of French Troops con tinued to pour into. Spain, at first . under the pretence of invading Portugal, it was said they were then, to besiege Gibraltar: but at last, when they were sufficiently strong, they fairly acknowledged that they came to take possession of the Sea-ports..AMd - strong places in. Spain, to secure them against the, English. The Prince of PEACE must very soon have been aware of the danger Which threatened his Sovereign and him self; formed the plan of prevailing upon the King and Queen to withdraw to South America. This plan, however, he could not carry into execution.-- The King. has lost his 'throne, and the Minister will prnbably lose his life. The. new King of Spain is to marry one of the Princesses of the blond rdyal of France, MadeMoiselle LA PAGERIE, We ,believe. The - tiouttpaN,s and the BUONAPARTE'S will thus be united. It is hardly necessary, however, to ob serve, that the.new King will only enjoy a nominal Sovereignty, and'tlit he will be as completely un der the power oriftiow UMW& as either King JosErtl or King Louis. There are sonic details in these Papers respetaing the Rochefort and Toulon Squadrons, but either fro t t ignonnce, or for the purpose of deception., are given in so confused a manner that it is im ves.,ible to ctrav any distin& Conclusion from them. l'n Porte, it is said, has consented to permit a French Corps to march through the Turkish Do toviards,Persia', for the purpose, of invading' Our fast India Po3ws,siyns, • NAVAL NEWS. PLY3t617211,, APRIL . 28.--Arrived the Thlmes, ADAMSON, laden with bark, sugar, and coffee, from Trinidad, bound to Londen, put in by contrary winds isailed. from Trinidad tha 4th ult. but brings . ;kg particular intelligence— Arrived the Spanish Brig El . Rosario; : a prize to the Lion Man of War, stated yesteday to have gong up Channel, and now put back by contrary wind:. .Arrived the Decade Frigate from Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2 JACKSON, and frilliant, Putr.Lirs, for Quebec, front the Downs. 9.—Arrived the illfred , Sailed the Ba7jleur, of 98 guns, and Trident, of 64 guns, with a convoy of about 2.1; Sail for tht Mediterranean. SHEERNESS,. APRIL • SB.--Arrived the Ranger Sloop, of 18 guns, Capt:ACICLAM, from the Downs Came into Harbour, the . Bloodhound Gun•brig, Lieutenant FITZGERArD. The Winthi!sea has shifted the convoy-siguftl for Gotteriburgh to the Seagull Sloop, of 18 gut* Captaio CAT? CA It T. • APRIL the Rangtr Sloop, of IS guns/ Captain ACKLAM, for the Downs. DEAL, 'Aram 29.—Remain in the Downs his Majesty's Ships, am as per last. .„ Last night, about nine o'clock, the Ship ifdveg• Capt, PARKER, bound to the South Seas, too_ fortunately run on shore on the North Sand fiead i by, which accident the Pilot (Mr. Hurrou) and one man was' drowned ; sae almost immediately upset—the Captain had just time to run below and take his wife out of the- • cabin, when they put off with 19 men, :and the 'Ship immediately went to .• , ,pleces; they then only with two oars reached a Ship in 'tlie'.l)Ow4s, leaving part of the crew behind. Capt. P, finding the Pilot and two men missing, re turned to the wieck; .and, happily succeeded in • saving One . man, who was hanging by one of the Boats, 'filled witb'water, which bad separated frets! the:wreck. • ROISGATE, APRIL 28.—The Ist, .2d, and it ft Infantry of the German Legion, have all been suc cessively embarked, and have sailed for the Downs. To-morroiv the embarkation of the 3d Light ca . valry'of the German Legion, as well as Captaia Tumult's troop of the Royal Waggon Train, coo. mences ; and on Saturday the 52d ReginleP t : ! , marches from Canterbury for the same parP, se; and it is expeaed !that the whole at the tseops bury, cept the Brigade.of Artillery, ordered from! estate.." Transport wh i f c rO h rn wa tt s e that day, so that the Expedition may be yea edition sail on Sunday. Rumour reports another Expediti l of equal, if.net greater magnitude, to be in contem! Rthiei,era)rri‘vvaii OF an. PranPnr,l plation ; but that its destination is! to the Southwa.r and far more remota.. Conjeaure points at. •S". l s America, in aid of the desins of MIRANDA : but ti t ' s ' . latter. part, will probably depend on th e ulterior course of even t __ b e on board . 0 A company of English artillery 'expeaed here t"', the waggon t• - iin. Major-General PAoll't is her? - likewise Brigadier-General : STEwAar, 'who is Adjo••.! of the week, to embark; also some n& tant 7 General to General Sir JOON Mocotes arrnY. A.general promotion of. Flag-Officers bas talce a ll place, and the following Post Capta,ini have bow 8 ded to the list of Rear Admirals, viz. Capt. FoLtY. i , Capt. Fwmcouivir. - I - B ut., I. kR. • ................TYLt/t. l'e - lion.R•Stovreatt. --- R.rir ri ()Loa. ...i T .. Roo lr;4 0 N . ..-- -- •..-- -- • W , A TI 0 Z 4 . v- .., il rip .P. SHIv Lit 3. floti.A.l-I.Uns COBB U2KON. ' Nill CHF LL. ----,- H A LL HAxT. LICHMERS. LititTit• . * Captains MOottsomit, Sir THOMAS WILLIAms , HARGOOD, to be Colonels of Marines in tiy 1000 pf Captaitis'Ent.LEß, Hon. R. STOPPOF,D, a nd F°' LEY. • w. Sir H. B. NEAL - will, it .is supposed; stic° 4 Capt. GARDNER, as . Captain of the Chtionel,Flect,i unzler Admiral: Lord GAMBLER, ill the Lord GARDNER retires- from • the Command on aG' count of ill health.. Lord Foam's, eldest son, of the Earl of Gitia iAllD ' and nephew to the Earl of Mona., is . appoint e cret,,uy of . LegatiOn_to.the Court of •Brazil, arid ;t s preparing-to accompany Lord Siram4c-Forto,. 14 ' 0 1 . days for South A merica 4 d Se _ expeaecito serotit in a rew iys. thilit of April, twenty waggon - lo ads of el and silver- were escorted into the M int. at l'ari9' which the French Papers say, were part of the PT: duce of the military contributions raised during last war. The private letters from Holland state, that the more effeetually to prevent all intercourse with Eng ' land, a Decree was expeaed to be issued, .rencleri4 it death for any person to correspond with this 01 ' 11' try, Several merchants have been arrested at M ACADEY.—The friends of the Members were. yesterday 'admitted- to a private VieW r Of tht i ensuing Exhibition at this place: The Dalo GLotialtSTEß, the Marchioness of LANSDOWNgi L auJ i . BULKSLEY, Lad y CARLISLE, and a'great number 4). well-loovu amateurs, were also present. T hc tists,.in general, have distinguished themselves verf ably this year. LAWRENCE, BZECII EY, and SEIM . _ appear ,to very great advantage. Wr KIR fully maintains the high reputation. which tie has acquired - by an admirable Pi6tUre in htt rill) ., life, the • a tki t:t • of • which is Card- May ers. rutuaqUituit has some excellent proofs of his Sk it at ti a .Hatt : qf Romaiz .Soldiers,by Sir FLP' a . BonitnEots, is a work o f g reat' merit. There h r .► ei considerable ,humber of 'Portraits, most of w. t he d 4 play all 043 li ` igh qualities of - tha t Provit"' °l' ilia art, the Exhibition altogether. does honont . 1° • t. tents Of our countrymen. THE SUN. SOLIS( QUIZ DICRItt I/ALSUI4 MIURA??